From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: e2fsck (git) on ext4: unsupported feature(s): huge_file
Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:54:12 -0500
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To: supersud501 <supersud501@yahoo.de>
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supersud501 wrote:
> Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> supersud501 wrote:
>>> i get this when trying to run e2fsck on my ext4dev filesystem (kernel 
>>> 2.6.25-rc8), extents enabled:
>>>
>>> e2fsck 1.40.8 (13-Mar-2008)
>>> /dev/loop2 has unsupported feature(s): huge_file
>>> e2fsck: Get a newer version of e2fsck!
>>>
>>> just updated to the git-version of e2fsprogs, same error. i know e2fsck 
>>> worked once with the drive (~2 months ago).
>>>
>>> what can i do?
>> Do you in fact have any very large files on the disk?
>>
> 
> yeah, i have (> 5.5gb).
> 
> i know it worked a few months (1-2) ago, even with extents enabled. at 
> this time there where those large files too.

For what it's worth, I don't think 5.5gb should have tripped the
huge_file flag.  So I wonder how this got set on your fs.

-Eric